Because the en vogue thought among "elites" at Harvard (and elsewhere) is that there are no smart individuals. Everything is simply a function of opportunity an

Because the en vogue thought among "elites" at Harvard (and elsewhere) is that there are no smart individuals. Everything is simply a function of opportunity and privilege. Its the same sort of thinking that is behind removing gifted and talented programs and higher level math courses from schools. By that "logic" any sort of standardized test or objective standard that show differences in intelligence or learning are simply measures of privilege. Objective metrics are also the only concrete way to debunk these absurd, anti-science assertions about intelligence and learning, which makes them even more of an anathema.